The two men who aspire next week to fill an empty seat on the Walhalla City Council are not ready to administer final rites to an ambitious plan to develop the former courthouse into a boutique hotel—even though the project appears to be hopelessly stalled by a lack of construction money. To the contrary, candidate…

A late night home fire near Seneca. The fire call on Fernwood Drive attracted trucks and fire fighters from the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department, as well as other units. No one reported hurt. The call at shortly before 9:45 and units remained at the fire scene for nearly two hours.

The candidates in next week’s special election for a Walhalla city council seat displayed a passion for their city during a joint appearance last night at a forum arranged by the chamber of commerce. Both men, Lamar Bailes and Chris Grant, agreed on a pair of major issues. They like the Streetscape project the current…

Burglars used a torch to open a convenience store safe near Clemson, and Oconee Crime Stoppers offers a $2 thousand cash reward for information that solves the crime during the early morning hours of Thursday, November 6. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says his office will not disclose the amount of cash taken from the Bountyland Quik…

A citizen’s group that served as a voice from southern Oconee County will no longer be heard after the end of the month. VOSO, Voice of South Oconee, announced today plans to cease to exist and the end of its “what’s happening updates.” And it lays as the reason the failure of the one-cent capital…